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This is exactly why we have "Happy Holiday" cards... they can encompass a wider span of time!!

Thanks, guys, feeling better. And since ours are holiday cards and we celebrate New Years, I figure if I get a bunch out this and next week we're in good shape.

And Brooke - I really like that idea!

I am so bad. This year I didn't send out cards at all. Don't feel bad. It is not easy what you are doing and time is not usually on your side. Just plan ahead for next year. That is what I plan to do. This year has been rough on me, especially the last few months. Running a buisness is not easy and not for the weak hearted. I am actually selling my home to be able to have more cash flow and crunching down on other things. It does not feel much like Christmas this year but I am determined to make next year a great one!. Happy Holidays to you!
Erin

its not in the spirit of the holidays if you feel like you HAVE to do it! if you WANT to do it, then do it, otherwise don’t even worry about it! Give yourself permission to say ‘I am finished decorating now and can enjoy my holiday!’ because I have found a lot of times what hinders the enjoyment is all the ‘I still have to do… ‘ sentences floating in your head! Just stop and enjoy the lights for 10 minutes (ok maybe 5, I get wiggly after 5 minutes haha!)

and remember - you gave all of us here at WIM one fantabulistic gift by creating this awesome site

I had always been that person who had handmade holiday cards out the day after Thanksgiving. Then babies happened. Last year, with a busy work schedule and two kids under 2, I sent them out as Valentine's Day cards instead. Same red color!!! This year I traced flippin' cookie cutters on cardstock, cut them out, and let the girls have a field day with crayons and markers. Wrote their names and date and age on them, punched holes and threaded some left over ribbon from other gifts. I made sure to take pics of the baby eating marker, though. DONE! It probably took less than an hour.

We do what we can when we can. There is a year out there with your name on it. It will be the year you get cards out (maybe with your grandkid's pics) before the New Year. It will be the year you make those cookies and cakes with your daughter (because she can read the recipes and will write out the grocery list). Your assistant (tee hee ha ha ha ha ha, I think I just peed a little) will make sure that all of your work is up to date so you can go to a spa and feel all accomplished and not like you have to kick your own ass.

This year is the year you pat yourself on the back, look at the membership here, read the remarks from those of us who are grateful to have this place to go, and write a note in your forever memory that you did this and it's made a difference in that strange way many of us are lucky to make a difference. You don't need to feel the holiday spirit for that.

Just hold your head up, shoulders back and walk around feeling pretty. It helps!